NYC-FL-TRANSPLANT

Sorry I haven't responded to the last few post. I have been moving for the last week and just got my internet up and running.

I will get the wet hair combed back pics once I find the camera. I have about 10 more boxes to go!

Thanks to everyone for the help/suggestions.

I will contact feller and see about going in for a follow up

While typically I would not involve myself into this situation that seems to be arising let me clear some of the smoke which may be of help.

I am very happy with my results of the transplant. I do not expect ANY Dr. to make me look like I did before, and I don't think I would go see one that would claim to be able to do that. I will go back to Dr. F for a second when the time/money is right, my personal money, not his fees, which I hink are fair being that my experience there was very professional and made me feel at ease which in the case of an HT, can be a little unsettling out of the fact that most people what to keep it on the dl.

Did I think it would be thicker, yes, I THOUGHT it would be but really don't have any reasoning behind my expectations other than wishful thinking or the fact that I am an optimistic person and I sometimes hope for things that may not be possible.

When I said I wa tackling 1 thing at a time, it simply meant that I would address the issue at a later time and get peoples thoughts on this forum as I did with my initial question.

The whole point of this forum is to help each other, as a community, with different ideas and experiences that we have each personally gone through so as to possibly help another person with a similar issue.

I do plan on going to Dr. F again for a consultation and I will ask him his thoughts on the overall outcome, in his opinion, as a surgeon.

To attack the doc over this I feel is a bit sophmorish as he is a doc, not god. You do the best with what you have to work with and hope everything falls into place after that.

As many people mentioned, I am going to wait 6 more months or so and see if the hair changes any which seems to be the consensus here.

Thanks to everyone thats has helped, it is most aprreciated!

thanks for your help everyone.

Yes, I am 1 year out, June 6th, 2007 was my surgery.

It does not stay down when combed EXCEPT, when I go out to do stuff, I use my girlfriends "bed head" styling stuff to knock it down. It;s some kind of thick/heavy stuff and I put a lot on in those 2 areas.

It will stay down using that for awhile but to be honest, after a few hours, it seems to creep back up.

1 more, with flash

that last pic was before the operation. here is one with the hair combed down that I just took.

Is this any better?

I didn't/don't know what to expect

Here is the pic from before the surgery

I did want to also mention that the hair does seem to be a different texture. So hopefully like PGP said, it will change eventually.

Ya know, I actually agree that I thought it would be much thicker as well. I am trying to tackle 1 thing at a time.

Here is a pic about 4 hours after surgery.

I am trying to find a pre-op shot that shows a good before. Basically, it was the typical receding hairline

I have tried letting it grow longer but since my hair is curly, it gets bushy. If I keep it shorter (not short, just shorter) the rest looks good it's just the 2 side parts which throw me off. If I use some type of gel stuff, I can tame it down but I am not a big fan of that look so I just don't know what to do.

I don't want to have to have another surgery to fix the issue since A.) I don't have the money because I need hair more on the top of my head now B.) It's not that bad to most people, it's just something that bothers me tremendoulsy

1 year ago transplant, 1800 in receding hairline

Never lost ANY of the transplant, at least that you could see which I was told it would fall out then grow back.

Now, the transplanted hair grows upwards only so it looks like I have little Horns.

It's a bit funny, yes, but also a bit concerning since it cost me $6000 and bothers me tremendously although I am happy overall with the transplant.

Anyone know what I can do to "tame" the hair?

***I had a great experience with the doc (Dr. Feller) so I in NO way think it is his fault. I am just wondering how to fix my own problem. I am actually planning to go back to Dr. Feller for my next transplant.

1 year ago transplant, 1800 in receding hairline

Never lost ANY of the transplant, at least that you could see which I was told it would fall out then grow back.

Now, the transplanted hair grows upwards only so it looks like I have little Horns.

It's a bit funny, yes, but also a bit concerning since it cost me $6000 and bothers me tremendously although I am happy overall with the transplant.

Anyone know what I can do to "tame" the hair?

***I had a great experience with the doc (Dr. Feller) so I in NO way think it is his fault. I am just wondering how to fix my own problem. I am actually planning to go back to Dr. Feller for my next transplant.